btc-e has closed because the FBI has seized their bank accounts
there are "real" news about alleged scam or just rumors from noob?
they didn't compensate 80%. they gave back ~55% (slightly more if you stayed) and then allowed you to sell your debt cheap on the market to facilitate their repayment of others. no matter what, they can never compensate 100%.
and US residents were forced to leave. if they were forced to verify, they lost 100%. some people had their accounts suspended when wex launched and those people lost 100%.
also, btc-e was notorious for locking "inactive" accounts and then enforcing verification that was impossible to satisfy. eventually they would just stop responding to tickets and steal your money. i believe this is why they are red tagged on this forum. wex has apparently carried on this tradition, refusing to verify old accounts.